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1、THEWRECKOFTHEGOLDENMARYTHEWRECKOFTHEGOLDENMARYCharlesDickens1THEWRECKOFTHEGOLDENMARYTHEWRECKIwasapprenticedtotheSeawhenIwastwelveyearsold,andIhaveencounteredagreatdealofroughweather,bothliteralandmetaphorical.IthasalwaysbeenmyopinionsinceIfirstpossessedsuchathingasanopinion,thatthemanwhok
2、nowsonlyonesubjectisnexttiresometothemanwhoknowsnosubject.Therefore,inthecourseofmylifeIhavetaughtmyselfwhateverIcould,andalthoughIamnotaneducatedman,Iamable,Iamthankfultosay,tohaveanintelligentinterestinmostthings.Apersonmightsuppose,fromreadingtheabove,thatIaminthehabitofholdingforthabo
3、utnumberone.Thatisnotthecase.JustasifIwastocomeintoaroomamongstrangers,andmusteitherbeintroducedorintroducemyself,soIhavetakenthelibertyofpassingthesefewremarks,simplyandplainlythatitmaybeknownwhoandwhatIam.IwilladdnomoreofthesortthanthatmynameisWilliamGeorgeRavender,thatIwasbornatPenrith
4、halfayearaftermyownfatherwasdrowned,andthatIamontheseconddayofthispresentblessedChristmasweekofonethousandeighthundredandfifty-six,fifty-sixyearsofage.WhentherumourfirstwentflyingupanddownthattherewasgoldinCalifornia--which,asmostpeopleknow,wasbeforeitwasdiscoveredintheBritishcolonyofAust
5、ralia--IwasintheWestIndies,tradingamongtheIslands.Beingincommandandlikewisepart-ownerofasmartschooner,Ihadmyworkcutoutforme,andIwasdoingit.Consequently,goldinCaliforniawasnobusinessofmine.But,bythetimewhenIcamehometoEnglandagain,thethingwasasclearasyourhandheldupbeforeyouatnoon-day.Therew
6、asCaliforniangoldinthemuseumsandinthegoldsmiths'shops,andtheveryfirsttimeIwentupon'Change,Imetafriendofmine(aseafaringmanlikemyself),withaCaliforniannuggethangingtohiswatch-chain.Ihandledit.Itwasaslikeapeeledwalnutwithbitsunevenlybrokenoffhereandthere,andthenelectrotypedallover,aseverIsaw
7、anythinginmylife.Iamasingleman(shewastoogoodforthisworldandforme,andshediedsixweeksbeforeourmarriage-day),sowhenIamashore,IliveinmyhouseatPoplar.MyhouseatPoplaristakencareofandkeptship-2THEWRECKOFTHEGOLDENMARYshapebyanoldladywhowasmymother'smaidbeforeIwasborn.Sheisa